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Celebrating 30×30

Celebrating 30×30

All donations go directly to scholarship recipients who are looking to gain an education in a STEM field, as IBSS is passionate about encouraging students in these areas.

National Weather Service (NWS) — NWSChat Modernization

National Weather Service (NWS) — NWSChat Modernization

The modernized NWSChat solution replaced the NCO’s dependence on external weather data sources with improved infrastructure, monitoring, and support capabilities. This removed NCO’s reliance on external sources for improved infrastructure, monitoring, and support.

IBSS Awarded GSA HACS

IBSS Awarded GSA HACS

The HACS SIN was designed specifically to help Federal agencies acquire pre-qualified cybersecurity services rapidly and efficiently in response to current and emerging IT security challenges to their High Value Assets (HVA).

IBSS Awarded Task to Provide Shark Tagging Services to NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center

IBSS Awarded Task to Provide Shark Tagging Services to NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center

This tagging project is part of a larger effort with the major research objectives of elucidating shark affiliation, continuous residence times, and vertical migration behavior around anchored FADs as a means of identifying potential spatial bycatch mitigation strategies for commercial fisheries using FADs and to obtain a better understanding of the habitat use, ecology, and areas of biological significance of sharks around Hawaii.

IBSS to Provide Pacific Islands Region Observer Program (PIROP) Debriefer Services under ProTech

IBSS to Provide Pacific Islands Region Observer Program (PIROP) Debriefer Services under ProTech

The data IBSS’ debriefers help verify is used by NOAA’s Fisheries Service, the Hawaii Longline Association, the Western Pacific Fisheries Management Council, academia, non-government entities, and global partners to monitor fish stocks, safeguard protected and endangered species, and ensure that the Hawaii commercial longline fleet remains one of the most sustainable fisheries in the nation.